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K2 /SPICE IS NOT MARIJUANA YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING WITH SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS HEALTH EFFECTS OF K2/SPICE ARE UNPREDICTABLE UNPREDICTABLE DANGER + = SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS (K2/SPICE) BRAIN Suicidal thoughts Violent behavior Paranoia Hallucinations STOMACH Nausea and vomiting HEART Rapid heart rate SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS USE CAN BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH For more information, visit: drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cannabinoids Shredded, dried plant material Man-made chemicals A “natural” drug? Not even close. It’s often called synthetic marijuana or fake weed because some of its chemicals are like those in marijuana. The effects can be unpredictable and in some cases, severe or even life-threatening. The amount and type of chemicals in each batch varies Manufacturers are constantly changing chemicals to dodge laws 177 different synthetic cannabinoids were reported in 2014 1 These drugs can act on many different brain cell receptors, including the receptors that bind to THC (found in marijuana). They produce unpredictable effects that can be dangerous. 2,695 calls to poison control centers for harmful exposure from these drugs in 2016 2 of ER visits were among adolescents and young adults ages 12–29 3 30% of these visits involved females, and 70% involved males 3 78% ER visits in 2011 were linked to synthetic cannabinoids 3 28,531 3 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/ SR-1378/SR-1378.pdf 2 The American Association of Poison Control Centers, 2016. http://www.aapcc.org/alerts/synthetic-cannabinoids/ 1 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2015. unodc.org/documents/wdr2015/WDR15_ATS_NPS.pdf

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K2 /SPICE IS NOT MARIJUANA

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE

GETTING WITH SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

HEALTH EFFECTS OF K2/SPICE ARE UNPREDICTABLE

UNPREDICTABLE DANGER

+ =

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS (K2/SPICE)

BRAIN

Suicidal thoughts

Violent behavior

Paranoia

Hallucinations

STOMACH

Nausea andvomiting

HEART

Rapidheart rate

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS USE CAN

BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH

For more information, visit:

drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cannabinoids

Shredded, driedplant material

Man-madechemicals

A “natural” drug?Not even close.

It’s often called synthetic marijuana or fake weed because some of its chemicals are like those in marijuana. The effects can be unpredictable and in some cases, severe or even life-threatening.

The amount and type of chemicals in each batch varies

Manufacturers are constantly changing chemicals to dodge laws

177different synthetic cannabinoids

were reported in 2014 1

These drugs can act on many different brain cell receptors, including the receptors that bind to THC (found in marijuana).

They produceunpredictable effectsthat can be dangerous.

2,695calls to poison control

centers for harmful exposure from these drugs in 2016 2

of ER visits were among adolescents and young

adults ages 12–293

30% of these visits involved females,

and 70% involved males3